Here is a link to todays ride: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ct/torrington/905124974617159353
If you are from the Litchfield county area then you should give this ride a try, just bypass river rd and stay on rt 7. The ride is fun, hard and though it does not look that bad the climbs do sneak up on you. By some suprise it did not rain at all today which made the ride perfect, i killed myself during my intervals and by the time the fourth one rolled around i was no longer able to pull 3 guys at the pace they wanted to go. My steady effort was fine for me so i stuck with it, they passed me and i caught back up it is amazing how a steady effort can be so hard to maintain but in the long run get you to the same place. I ended up with almost 73 miles and averaged about 21.5 mph which for a none race interval training ride was pretty good i guess. Nothing to interesting happened on the ride since i spent most the ride ether in front or catching up there was really no conversation that i was a ware of. We did see two Vultures riping apart a dead animal on the side of the road which was rather grose if you ask me. Well that is it for now, back to watching season 5 episodes of house and looking forward to how my body feels in the morning.
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Great ride. I was content with riding at LT for the 20 minute intervals but I was trying to keep the group (somewhat) together during the rest periods. I remember the days when averaging 20 mph was unheard of for any distance, nonetheless 70 miles.
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